From 170de66723fd89b7f996426b4f8e1db7721269fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Grin Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 19:16:18 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update 152-every-major-tech-company-hates-you.md --- content/news/152-every-major-tech-company-hates-you.md | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/news/152-every-major-tech-company-hates-you.md b/content/news/152-every-major-tech-company-hates-you.md index 2e1a722f..a90669f7 100644 --- a/content/news/152-every-major-tech-company-hates-you.md +++ b/content/news/152-every-major-tech-company-hates-you.md @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ This is not meant to be an exhaustive list of user hostility, but instead to pro Facebook had (has!) a fully working, web-based version of their messaging platform. -They actively disabled on mobile to force more downloads of the app. +They actively disabled it on mobile to force more downloads of the app. ![Hostile Facebook Messenger](https://spee.ch/@hostiletech/facebookmessanger2.jpg) @@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ See [this](http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-battery-throttling-gives-custome Evidently, Reddit _really_ wants people to use their mobile app. -It current takes five clicks to view a GIF hosted on a non-Reddit site on mobile. It used to take one. +It current takes five clicks on my phone to view a GIF hosted on a non-Reddit site. It used to take one. -Not because there is anything wrong with the web experience, of course. But forcing people onto mobile means Reddit can collect a lot more information about you. +Not because there is anything wrong with the web experience, of course. But forcing people onto their mobile app means Reddit can collect a lot more information about you. ### YouTube @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Some people may read these examples and shrug. Companies are greedy. Is it reall And this response is partially right. Companies _are_ greedy. -But in a competitive economy, greed is typically satisfied by making your services _better_, not _worse_. When the local pizzaria offers free water, free bathrooms, clean tables, and sale prices, it does this not out avarice, not benevolence! +But in a competitive economy, greed is typically satisfied by making your services _better_, not _worse_. When the local pizzeria offers free water, free bathrooms, clean tables, and sale prices, it does this not out avarice, not benevolence! So the question becomes: why is this possible? Why are large tech companies able to get away with such abusive behavior? @@ -79,4 +79,4 @@ The solution to this problem is to build protocols, not platforms. When we build protocols, people can leave. When we build protocols, it's the users, not the middlemen, who retain control. -The innovation of blockchain is the most powerful development in over a decade in making this possible. We'll talk about this more in [Part 2](https://lbry.io/news/blockchain-is-love-blockchain-is-life). \ No newline at end of file +The innovation of blockchain is the most powerful development in over a decade in making this possible. We'll talk about this more in [Part 2](https://lbry.io/news/blockchain-is-love-blockchain-is-life).